Jacqui Watt became CEO of No To Violence (NTV) in February 2015 just as the Victorian Royal Commission into Family violence was beginning its work.

Jacqui’s determination to assist NTV succeed in working with men to end Family Violence means she is an inspiring speaker, contributes energetically to discussions on what works and is committed to changing how the community prevents, thinks about and responds to this pernicious social issue.

Male Family Violence is a topic close to Jacqui’s heart having experienced it as a child.

With solid people leadership and change management skills, and over 30 years working in the community and government sectors in both Australia and UK, she says she is loving the challenge of leading a men’s organisation at a time of national focus of ending family violence.

Previous experience includes being CEO of two peak bodies advocating for Community Housing – one in Scotland and one in Victoria – and a year as Director of Client Services at Anglicare Victoria. Jacqui has worked in the fields of alcohol and drugs, mental health, disability, social housing and social enterprise.

With her skills, passion and mindset, Jacqui is well placed to support NTV to deliver its ambitious 5 year Strategic Plan.

Jacqui holds an honors degree in Social Policy from University of Edinburgh and a Masters in Management and Social Responsibility from Bristol University.

Edward was born on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait was raised in South West Queensland and has lived in Central Queensland for the past 20 years, however calls Masig (Yorke Island) in the Torres Strait home.

Edward holds full registration as a Generalist Psychologist working in Private Practice and is the owner of Wakai Waian Healing. He has worked in both State Government Mental Health Services and Indigenous Community based organisations. He is a member of Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA), the Australian Indigenous Psychologist Association (AIPA) and the Australian Psychologist Society (APS).

Edward specialises in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families in the areas of, mental health, social and emotional well-being, community safety promotion, trauma, grief, loss and family and domestic violence.

In 2015 Edward was appointed to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Advisory Panel on reducing violence against women and children. In February 2016 he was appointed to the Queensland Premier’s Domestic and Family Violence Taskforce Implementation Council and currently chairs the associated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group and recently was appointed to the Board of the Australian National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety. Over the past several years he has been active in sharing understandings around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander violence and anger, actively publishing articles and facilitating workshops and delivering keynote addresses. He has experience in the design and facilitation of behavioural change programs particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male perpetrators of family and domestic violence.

Edward currently has the privilege of providing support to communities in regional, rural and remote areas of Queensland including Rockhampton, Gladstone, Woorabinda, Palm Island and Thursday Island in the Torres Strait.

Dr Michael Flood is an Associate Professor in Sociology and an internationally recognised researcher on men, masculinities, and violence prevention. He has made a significant contribution to scholarly and community understanding of men’s and boys’ involvements in preventing violence against women and building gender equality. Dr Flood has had a wide-ranging involvement in education and advocacy related to men, gender, and violence. He has contributed to social change campaigns, worked with sporting and military organizations, participated in international expert meetings, and shaped national prevention frameworks.

Moo Baulch is chief executive of Domestic Violence NSW, the state peak body for specialist domestic and family violence (DFV) services. She is part of a small team that works to improve policy and practice responses to women, children and communities impacted by violence. Moo has worked in the non-government, not for profit sector in Australia, South East Asia, the UK and Spain over the last couple of decades. She believes that public awareness of domestic and family violence and sexual assault is at an unprecedented level and that cross-sector and community partnerships are key to the cultural and practical changes required for inclusive support.

She looks forward to the day when all children are taught in schools about the intersections between discrimination, bullying, violence and healthy respectful relationships.

Lizette Twisleton is NSW Sector Development Coordinator of No To Violence the peak body for men’s behaviour change work. She has worked in the human and community services sector for 30
years for NGO’s and local government. She has experience in domestic and family violence, youth work, health promotion and community development. She has specialised in men’s behaviour
change work with twelve years as a men’s behaviour change program facilitator and three years delivering partner contact. Lizette has also provided training and supervision focusing on men’s
behaviour change work. Lizette is passionate about working collectively and collaboratively to create lasting safety for families.

Elizabeth has worked from Wollongong, to Alice Springs, to Darwin, to Sydney and in various professional capacities (Nursing, Aboriginal Primary Health Care, Mental Health Services, Drug and Alcohol Services, Domestic Violence sector, Homelessness sector, Case-Management and Community Development).

She has a Bachelor of Nursing, a Diploma in Project Management, a Diploma in Community Services and is accredited to deliver Mental Health First Aid training.

She has a passion for social justice, social inclusion and community development.

Elizabeth is working with BaptistCare in the role as the Community Services Macarthur Cluster Manager, based at Campbelltown. Among other programs, she manages the Men’s Behaviour Change Pilot.

Elizabeth brings to the role her professional, coordination and project management skills, management of multi-disciplinary teams and a wisdom of having worked with Government and non-government organisations in diverse settings.

Steve is the WWD Manager and supervisor of a team of WWD workers across Queensland. WWD is a new practice initiative directly related to the Queensland adoption of the Safe and Together (S&T) approach to domestic violence/child protection work. The WWD workers are posted in child protection teams to support practice that follows the principles and components of the S&T approach.

In late 2015 a number of very tragic domestic violence deaths occurred at the Gold Coast. National attention became focused on domestic and family violence and the new emerging environment required new approaches. The Queensland Police Service (QPS), Gold Coast Police District established a taskforce, embracing relationships for collaboration across government and non-government agencies and groups.In the time since, the taskforce has established an unblemished reputation as being innovative, progressive and a leader in the provision of high end services for treating complex social harm environments. The programs and operating models developed and implemented have saved lives and have provided safety for the most vulnerable.Detective Inspector Marc Hogan established the taskforce in January of 2016 working closely with the Southport Specialist Courts Trial, Department of Justice and Attorney General. Marc holds a Master of Leadership and Management and other formal qualifications. He has completed the Queensland Social Leadership Australia program and has previously served as a board member with Non-Government Organisations involved in substance rehabilitation and health services.

Louise Blackie been employed in the women’s domestic violence sector for the last 30 years with an ongoing commitment and dedication to bringing about opportunities for change in women and children’s lives. For the last 5 years Louise works for Warrina Domestic &amp; Family Violence Specialist Services at Coffs Harbour.

For the previous 8 years Louise was a Women’s Advocate within both the Central (CVIP) and Northern Violence Intervention Programs (NVIP) in Adelaide. These programs were both men’s behaviour change programs.

Throughout her career Louise has taken up opportunities in various roles including successfully completing a 12 month DV consultancy project in the Barossa Valley.

Louise has academic qualifications in counselling, social science counselling and management.

Heath Addison has been involved in the partnership development and ethical response to men’s violence within NSW since 2004 / 05. He has been the ‘men in families’ counsellor with Kempsey Family Support Service from 2004 to 2014. Throughout that time, he has been engaging the NSW community at a local, regional and State level to encourage the fostering of relationships which
support the ethical engagement of men who abuse. Heath now co-ordinates the Step-up Mate, Men’s DV Behaviour Change Program through an optimal standards consortium model, between
Port Macquarie – Hastings Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Service, Warrina Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services and Kempsey Families Inc. Specialist Support Services.

Heath has academic qualifications in counselling, social sciences and is currently completing a master’s degree in Narrative Therapy and Community Work.

Andrew King is a leading group work specialist in community services, counselling and health. A respected author of multiple text books and training programs, he has devoted a large part of his career to group work and working with men, fathering and domestic violence. As a research practitioner Andrew is known for his focus on generativity and sharing his knowledge using a strengths-based approach. He has published a range of articles on group work leadership in the Australian context and facilitates national and international training workshops. He regularly lectures on Group Processes in Counselling at Australian Catholic University in Sydney. Andrew is currently the Practice Specialist, Groupwork and Community Education Manager at Relationships Australia, NSW.

Anthony Lekkas has worked in the not-for- profit community services sector for 13 years. He is a qualified and registered counsellor and is currently completing a MSW. His work has involved working therapeutically with disenfranchised and incarcerated youth, family separation, family violence, couples counselling and a variety of therapeutic groups and men’s behaviour change programs in queer and mainstream spaces. He draws from feminist, queer affirmative and anti-oppressive frameworks when working with men who use violence in their relationships and families.

Ada Conroy has worked in women’s services for over 18 years, specialising in family violence for most of that time. Ada has provided support to women and children who have experienced family violence through outreach, counselling, case management, crisis response, and refuge support. She is currently a workforce development officer in an integrated family violence services coordination team, a men’s behaviour change practitioner, supervisor and consultant

Heath Addison has been involved in the partnership development and ethical response to men’s violence within NSW since 2004 / 05. He has been the ‘men in families’ counsellor with Kempsey Family Support Service from 2004 to 2014. Throughout that time, he has been engaging the NSW community at a local, regional and State level to encourage the fostering of relationships which
support the ethical engagement of men who abuse. Heath now co-ordinates the Step-up Mate, Men’s DV Behaviour Change Program through an optimal standards consortium model, between
Port Macquarie – Hastings Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Service, Warrina Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services and Kempsey Families Inc. Specialist Support Services.

Heath has academic qualifications in counselling, social sciences and is currently completing a master’s degree in Narrative Therapy and Community Work.

Following a period in the Brisbane Magistrates Court he transferred to the Charleville Magistrates Court for two years. In April 2011 he was transferred to the Holland Park Magistrates Court.
Magistrate Strofield is currently the presiding Magistrate at the Specialist Domestic and Family Violence Court at Southport.

Prior to his appointment he was the legal advisor to the Commissioner of the Police Service for 13 years.

Sue holds a Bachelor Social Work, Post Graduate in Social Administration and Post Graduate in Process Consultancy and has over 30 years’ experience working in Queensland & the United Kingdom, across areas of Domestic &amp; Family Violence, Child Protection, Family Law, Family Support and the Youth Sectors. Sue Lloyd is currently Regional Manager Centacare Family &\ Relationship Services and responsible for the management of a diverse range of services such as, Domestic Violence Assistance Program Court Support, Advocacy and Mobile Outreach Service for women and children and Men’s Behaviour Change Program, Family Mediation and Counselling Services.

Dr Cuong La is the manager of the Working Together with Men that mobilises local men in Brimbank, Victoria to take primary prevention actions to end violence against women.

The project brings together two promising emphases in public health approaches to the prevention of violence against women—community mobilisation and men’s engagement. This process has been achieved through cross-sectoral partnership, community engagement, training, mentoring and implementing community driven actions.

Dr Cuong La has a longstanding career in community health both in Australia and Vietnam. Hehas a PhD in Gender and Sexuality Studies and a Master’s degree in Sociology.

Damian Green is the CEO of Stopping Family Violence (SFV), and a passionate practitioner and researcher around perpetrator responses in Australia, with a key vision of instilling a standard of excellence across the sector. Through his work at SFV, and as an experienced Research Associate within the School of Social Work at Curtin University, Damian has been involved in an array of national research projects into perpetrator interventions in an advisory and investigatory capacity. Damian is also a registered psychologist, and an experienced group work facilitator and trainer having worked extensively in the areas of violent offending, MBCPs and parenting.

Libby Davies is currently the CEO of White Ribbon Australia, Australia’s national primary prevention organisation with a particular focus on engaging men to be active drivers of social change to stop violence against women. Libby has previously held CEO positions in national organisations such as Family Services Australia, UnitingCare Australia and Brain Injury Australia. She has served on numerous boards and advisory councils including at Ministerial, national and state levels, was a Director of Lifeline Australia, is a member of the NSW Domestic and Family Violence Council, member of the NSW Preventing Domestic and Family Violence Social Investment Advisory Group and has been engaged in the Ministerial Roundtable on Prevention of Violence, Victoria and Queensland. She has led transformative programs to engage men in the prevention of men’s violence against women and build community capacity to be the drivers of positive social change and gender equality. She works to enable innovation in the prevention of violence, working alongside and with the many others that are committed to addressing the abuse of women and gender inequality. In 2015 Libby was awarded the NSW ‘For Purpose and Social Enterprise’ Telstra Women in Business Award. She is a graduate of the AICD, a mother and grandmother of two adorable grandchildren.

About White Ribbon

White Ribbon is Australia’s only national Campaign that actively engages men to end men’s violence against women. White Ribbon works through a primary prevention approach understanding that men are central to achieving the social change necessary to prevent men’s violence against women. We engage men to stand up, speak out and act to influence the actions of some men and demand change. White Ribbon is dedicated to ensuring men are active advocates for changing the social norms, attitudes and behaviours that are at the root of men’s abuse of women.

Vision: A nation that respects women, in which every woman lives in safety, free from all forms of men’s abuse
Purpose: Engaging men to make women’s safety a man’s issue too.

The campaign works through primary prevention initiatives involving awareness raising, education, community development, programs with youth, schools, workplaces and across the broader community.

Globally, White Ribbon is the world’s largest male-led movement to end men’s violence against women.

Originating in Canada in 1991, White Ribbon is now active in more than 60 countries. White Ribbon began in Australia in 2003 as part of UNIFEM (now UN Women), formally becoming a Foundation in 2007.

White Ribbon Australia observes the International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women, also known as White Ribbon Day, annually on November 25. White Ribbon Day signals the start of the 16 Days of Activism to Stop Violence against Women, which ends on Human Rights Day (December 10).

Donna is Professor of Social Work at Curtin, she previously held positions at other universities within Australia and the UK. Her gendered violence research has spanned three decades. It has focused on violence against women, perpetrator programs and gender and homelessness. This has involved research, program evaluation and providing government policy advice. Recent research includes economic abuse, the impact of domestic violence on employment, housing and mental health, system responses to family and domestic violence and men’s behaviour change programs. Donna works closely with government bodies and the not for profit sector to end violence against women

Jen is the Team Leader of the Men’s Behaviour Change program at BaptistCare Campbelltown. Over the last 25 years, she has had the privilege of working with children, teenagers, women and men who have been impacted by domestic violence and in particular she has had extensively worked with men who have perpetrated violence and abuse on their partners and children.

Jen have been facilitating men’s behaviours changes programs for approximately 15 years across various services and states. She also has a personal experience of domestic violence which is why she chose to work in this area and in particular, with men around behaviour and attitude change.

Jen has a Degree in Human services and a Level 3 Membership in the Australian Counsellors Association. She hopes to continue to work in this field and share her knowledge and experience; help promote a community and society in which children get to live a life without fear and trauma, where women have opportunities to reach their full potential and where men can be the fathers and partners they are proud of being.

Susan is an experienced group facilitator and supervisor, currently employed by Relationships Australia (NSW) as Co-ordinator of the Family Safety and Relationship Education Programs (South East Region). Susan regularly co-leads the Men’s Behaviour Change Program ‘Taking Responsibility – A Course for Men’ and provides support and guidance to implement RA (NSW)’s ‘whole of family’ approach to Domestic Violence and Family Safety. Susan is currently undertaking a Master of Family Studies through Newcastle University.

Peterson Opio is the Executive Manager of the Ambassadors and Advocates Program at White Ribbon Australia, the world’s largest social movement of men and boys working to end men’s violence and abuse against women and girls.

Throughout his career, Peterson has shown dedication, integrity and leadership in improving and addressing some of the injustices and inequalities in Australian society, drawing upon his experience in executive management to bring innovative entrepreneurship to not-for-profit organisations.

In managing the Ambassadors and Advocates program, Peterson provides advice on the diverse ways that men are able to contribute as role models in their communities to personally and professionally engage and inspire other men to stand up, speak out and act to prevent men’s abuse of women in all its forms.